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>---< High Reaches Weyr >----------------------------------------------------<
Message: 5/17 Posted Author
Tillek's tithe train sacked. Wed May 13 N'thei
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"Wait, all the /beer/ got stolen?!" Not an uncommon cry in the lower
caverns on the evening of the 23rd, when word got out that a tithe train
bound for the Reaches from Tillek was sacked overnight. While it's not
common for holdless to turn criminal, it's not exactly as rare as it was
20 Turns ago to hear of some little farmhold or some poorly guarded tithe
or trader train getting sacked, but the fall tithe from Tillek? The facts,
as can be sorted from the rumors:
--The attack took place a day out of Tillek, when the train stopped for
the night.
--There must have been about thirty people involved, though the chaos of
the events prevented anyone from getting a head-count. No one saw any of
the attackers, so no one can provide a description, but there are rumors
of male and female voices being heard.
--The entire wagon containing the Tillekian tithe of beer, ale, spirits,
all that lovely stuff was jacked. Also taken was a second wagon, the
contents of which were first offloaded to be replaced with anything of
marginal value: fabric, furniture, and most of the saltfish.
--No word yet from the Tillekian leadership.
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>---< High Reaches Weyr >----------------------------------------------------<
Message: 5/20 Posted Author
Insult to injury: HRH's tithe lostSun May 17 N'thei
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Hot on the heels of losing a portion of the Tillekian tithe, even with
Edeline and Potipher promising to send what extra their Hold can spare to
the Weyr, there's yet another slap-in-the-face. Among the last expected to
arrive before winter shuts down the roads, the High Reaches Hold tithe
train was sacked under nearly identical circumstances. Purportedly trying
to make up time after a late start by pressing on after sunset, the train
was besieged just at the edge of the sweeps region for the Hold, also set
upon in the dark. The facts, again, remain muddy and insubstantial:
--A wagon bearing the pricier items of brandy and glassware was offloaded
of anything of sub-par value and used to ferry precious cargo.
--Most of the wool was stolen this time, including that which had already
been spun into yarn and dyed before being sent on to the Weyr.
--No one was injured beyond a few guards, who were knocked on the head,
bound, and tossed into the back of a wagon for "safe keeping;" though
there were extra guards sent with the train after what happened to Tillek,
the thirty-odd thieves were quick, efficient, and seemed to know exactly
which wagons they were after.
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